One More Way to Keep Jonah Goldberg's Sorry Ass out of the Kill Zone

[Miss Authoritiva]

By Grace Nearing of Scriptoids

Well, somebody's gotta serve. Jonah Goldberg (here and here) doesn't think it should be him because he's over 30, a father, and has a sorry ass (a big sorry ass). And now the clever Max Boot, who apparently thinks he shouldn't have to serve either, has come up with a cunning plan.

Some experts are already starting to wonder whether the war on terrorism might break the all-volunteer military. But because reinstating the draft isn't a serious option (the House defeated a symbolic draft bill last year, 402 to 2), some outside-the-box thinking is needed to fill up the ranks. In this regard, I note that there is a pretty big pool of manpower that's not being tapped: everyone on the planet who is not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

It's a concept not unfamiliar to the upper and upper-middle classes of America: hired help. Especially economically disadvantaged hired help.

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[AndyTiedye]

1. We've Been Doing This in Mexico For Some Time

and the Mexicans who died fighting our wars in the Middle East
do not count in the death totals being reported.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. It's a disgrace.